{"product_id":"the-prince-second-edition","title":"The Prince: Second Edition","description":"The most famous and important book on politics ever written\n\nThe Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics.\n\nThis revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an updated bibliography, a substantial glossary, an analytic introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and a map of Italy in Machiavelli's time.\n\n\"Of the other available [translations], that of Harvey C. Mansfield makes the necessary compromises between exactness and readability, as well as providing an excellent introduction and notes.\"—Clifford Orwin, The Wall Street Journal\n\n\"Mansfield's work . . . is worth acquiring as the best combination of accuracy and readability.\"—Choice\n\n\"There is good reason to assert that Machiavelli has met his match in Mansfield. . . . [He] is ready to read Machiavelli as he demands to be read—plainly and boldly, but also cautiously.\"—John Gueguen, The Sixteenth Century Journal\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0226500446\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0226500446.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Machiavelli, Niccolo|Mansfield, Harvey C.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43783133855805,"sku":"BVV.0226500446.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0226500446-0.jpg?v=1791495546","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-prince-second-edition","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}